Edwin Mansfield

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Edwin Mansfield (1930–1997) was a professor of economics at University of Pennsylvania from 1964 and until his death. From 1985 he was also a director of the Center for Economics and Technology.

Edwin Mansfield is best known for his scientific results concerning technological change / diffusion of innovations, and also for his textbooks on microeconomics, managerial economics, and econometrics that were published in millions copies and translated into foreign languages.

References

Diamond, Arthur M., Jr. 2003. "Edwin Mansfield's Contributions to the Economics of Technology," Research Policy, 32(9), pp. 1607-17.
Mansfield, Edwin, et al. 2009. Managerial Economics Theory, Applications, and Cases, 7th Edition. Norton. Contents.
Scherer, F.M. 2005. "Edwin Mansfield: An Appreciation," Essays in Honor of Edwin Mansfield, Part I, Springer, pp.1-7. Abstract.
Teece, David J. 2005. "Technology and Technology Transfer: Mansfieldian Inspirations and Subsequent Developments," Journal of Technology Transfer, 30(1/2), Springer, pp. 17-33. Abstract.

External links

An obituary on the UPENN website

Authority control	WorldCat VIAF: 44376649 LCCN: n79052218 ISNI: 0000 0001 2130 4132 GND: 122335872 BNF: cb12367327r

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Name	Mansfield, Edwin
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Date of birth	1930
Place of birth	Kingston, New York, USA
Date of death	1997
Place of death	Wallingford, Pennsylvania

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